OrganicAuthority.com - Organic Blog » OTA http://www.organicauthority.com/blog Organic Authority - organic food, organic living, green living, organic thoughts. Tue, 21 May 2013 08:10:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 New USDA Pesticide Data Supports Choosing Organic http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/new-usda-pesticide-data-supports-choosing-organic/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/new-usda-pesticide-data-supports-choosing-organic/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:00:58 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=9442 organic carrots

As consumers got their first taste of the Environmental Working Group's 2011 list of the most/least heavily sprayed fruits and vegetables, the Organic Trade Association has issued an advisory urging Americans to choose organic if they wish to avoid pesticide residues.

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Despite a court order to conduct a thorough Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) of genetically modified (GM) sugar beets before deregulating the seeds, The USDA has decided to continue allowing the planting of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready sugar beets.

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